veriloquium
Latin
Etymology
From vērus + loquor + -ium, coined by Cicero as a calque of Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯eː.riˈlo.kʷi.um/, [u̯eːrɪˈɫ̪ɔkʷiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ve.riˈlo.kwi.um/, [veriˈlɔːkwium]
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vēriloquium | vēriloquia |
| Genitive | vēriloquiī vēriloquī1 |
vēriloquiōrum |
| Dative | vēriloquiō | vēriloquiīs |
| Accusative | vēriloquium | vēriloquia |
| Ablative | vēriloquiō | vēriloquiīs |
| Vocative | vēriloquium | vēriloquia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “vērĭlŏquĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vērĭlŏquĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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